{"id":3833,"date":"2026-01-07T15:32:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T22:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=3833"},"modified":"2026-01-07T15:32:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T22:32:41","slug":"paintings-on-antique-navigational-tools-are-a-poetic-nod-to-bird-migration-by-steeven-salvat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=3833","title":{"rendered":"Paintings on Antique Navigational Tools Are a Poetic Nod to Bird Migration by Steeven Salvat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/salvat-1.jpg\" alt=\"Paintings on Antique Navigational Tools Are a Poetic Nod to Bird Migration by Steeven Salvat\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Known for his meticulous drawings of insects, birds, and other creatures hybridized with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/tags\/steeven-salvat\">mechanical gears<\/a> and intricate filigree, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.steeven-salvat.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steeven Salvat<\/a> has a penchant for detail. Often tapping into historical analog technology like clocks, typewriters, globes, and hourglasses, the artist nods nostalgically to a pre-digital age.<\/p>\n<p>Salvat\u2019s forthcoming exhibition, <em>Latitude\/Longitude<\/em> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.galeriehamon.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Galerie Hamon<\/a>, continues the artist\u2019s interest in the convergence of nature and human activity. This recent body of work, created using acrylic and Chinese ink, focuses more specifically on navigation and cartography. Vintage maps, charts, and globes provide the foundation for beautiful renderings of songbirds and butterflies in a meditation on migration.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1748\" height=\"1756\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/salvat-4.jpg\" alt=\"A painting of a bird on a vintage celestial chart by Steeven Salvat\" class=\"wp-image-467845\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>In light of the current climate crisis, migratory patterns of a wide range of creatures\u2014from monarch butterflies to terns to gray whales\u2014are at increased risk of disruption due to shifts in the timing of seasonal changes, habitat destruction, and more extreme weather. Salvat looks to the past as a means of thinking more critically about the inherent beauty and vulnerability of birds. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI work on carefully sourced antique maps and navigation objects such as compasses, barometers, and globes, using them as starting points to paint different bird species,\u201d Salvat says. \u201cThese works reflect instinctive trajectories and the memory of invisible journeys. Together, they create an immersive space, somewhere between a map room and a contemporary cabinet of curiosities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Latitude\/Longitude <\/em>runs from February 6 to March 4 in Le Havre, France. Find more on the artist\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/steevensalvat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.behance.net\/SteevenSalvat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Behance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1959\" height=\"1477\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/salvat-7.jpg\" alt=\"A painting of a flying bird on a vintage map by Steeven Salvat\" class=\"wp-image-467848\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1895\" height=\"2461\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/salvat-2.jpg\" alt=\"A painting of flying birds on a vintage map by Steeven Salvat\" class=\"wp-image-467843\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1909\" height=\"2118\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/salvat-6.jpg\" alt=\"A vintage globe with monarch butterflies painted around it by Steeven Salvat\" class=\"wp-image-467847\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1952\" height=\"1477\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/salvat-3.jpg\" alt=\"A painting of a flying bird on a vintage map by Steeven Salvat\" class=\"wp-image-467844\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1819\" height=\"2716\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/salvat-5.jpg\" alt=\"A painting of two birds on a vintage navigational chart by Steeven Salvat\" class=\"wp-image-467846\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1973\" height=\"1484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/salvat-8.jpg\" alt=\"A painting of a flying bird on a vintage map by Steeven Salvat\" class=\"wp-image-467841\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/members\">Colossal Member<\/a> today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2026\/01\/steeven-salvat-birds-migration-maps-paintings\/\">Paintings on Antique Navigational Tools Are a Poetic Nod to Bird Migration by Steeven Salvat<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/\">Colossal<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Known for his meticulous drawings of insects, birds, and other creatures hybridized with mechanical gears and intricate filigree, Steeven Salvat has a penchant for detail. 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